Collar-shape retainer



A H. INDERRIEDEN. Sn. COLLAR SHAPE RETAINER. APPLICATION mm NOV. 22. me.

Patented Sept. 23,

THE COLUMBIA PLANnnnAml c0., WASHINGTON, I). 1:.

A. HENRY INDEBRIEDEN, $3., OF ST. BERNARD, OHIO.

COLLAR-SHAPE RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed November 22, 1918. Serial No. 263,721.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. HENRY INDER- RIEDEN, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing in St. Bernard, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar- Shape Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to produce a device for retaining the shape of soft collars while in use.

This and other objects are attained in the retainer described in the following specification.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a perspective view of a soft collar having a retainer embodying my invention, in position therewith and in cooperation with a tie, a portion of the collar being broken away for convenience of illustration. V

Fig. 2 is a view of the retainer embodying. my invention and showing details which will be described.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the retainer embodying my invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

My retainer consists preferably of a piece of celluloid or other relatively stiff but flexible material shaped as shown in Fig. 2 and having lugs 5 cut therefrom, extending toward one another, and raised sufficiently 'rom the body 6 of the retainer to permit a tie to be slipped beneath them as shown in Fig. 1. On the body a series of lines are marked. Lines 7 and 8 at the ends of the body are provided to guide the user in cutting oi the corners diagonally for use in collars of certain shapes, so as to render the retainer inconspicuous, while lines 9 are marked at intervals from the top to permit the retainer to be cut to the height required by the height of the collar to be supported.

In use I preferably locate one retainer at each side of the collar with the tie passing between the lugs thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that the collar can not become wrinkled and stringy as is so often seen in the use of soft collars.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is A collar shape retainer of a sheet of relatively stiff and flexible material adapted to be located beneath the fold of a collar, lines on the sheet positioned to permit the sheet to be cut thereon to the height and shape of a collar to be fitted therewith, and lugs on the sheet and spaced therefrom to permit a tie to be placed and retained between them. In Witness whereof; I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A. HENRY INDERRIEDEN, SR.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. SULLIVAN, W. J. SCHULTZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

